The Abraham shaft was the original main shaft of the Ascension mine in Freiberg. After important ore finds in 1828, all the main day buildings of the shaft were modernized and new buildings were erected by the middle of the 19th century. After the takeover by the Saxon state, another comprehensive renovation took place, including the conversion of the extraction to steam power and the construction of a trestle winding frame that can be seen from afar.
In the last mining period from the second third of the 20th century, the pit was used again. After it was shut down in 1968, the iron headframe was demolished and the greenhouse was restored to its original state. The surviving day buildings on a large table heap are exceptional testimony to the appearance of a silver mine from around the mid-19th century, and the turning wheel of the Abraham shaft in the Radstube has been preserved underground.